Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 47184, William C Eldridge, Continental New York Residence And Agency

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Eldridge, William C.
S. 47184
New York residence and agency
CONTENTS

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File No. 47.184
477, Certf
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OLD WAR INVALID.
William C Eldridge, Priv Colo Sheldon. Hon n
Service: Rev war, act May 15 1828
Enlisted : _____ , 18 .
Discharged : _____ , 18 .
Application filed : _____ , 18 .
Alleges : 552 _____
Re-enlisted : _____
Attorney : _____
P. O. _____

Salem July 14 - 1828
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit to you the enclosed applications for a pension under the late act of Congress.
The original commission of Mr. Clapp together with other papers in relation to his service, are on file in the War Department, where they were deposited on receiving a certificate for a pension under the act of 1818.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your Obedient Servant John Willard
Hon. Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury U.S.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I William C. Eldridge of Salem in the County of Washington and State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Stanton's company in Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of the Connecticut line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 or at any other time before or since, on the pension list of the United States - Dated July 3 rd 1828 Wm C Eldridge
Before me John Willard first judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York personally appeared this day James Harvey and Andrew Freeman of the said County who did severally make oath that William C. Eldridge by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the Army of the revolution, in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 3 rd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. John Willard. first judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York.

I V. S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of the County of Washington in the State of New York do certify that John Willard before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and duly re-powered to administer oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this tenth - day of July in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight.
V. S. Leigh Clerk

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. 8 Benjamin ... 545 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C 477 M 24 August 2. 1828.
William C. Eldridge , of Salem , _____ in the County of Washington , in the State of New York . has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private _____ in captain Stanton _____'s company, in Col. Sheldon's the regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing . >
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
35807
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug. 7: 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to William Eldredge in the Sheldon's  Dragoons . It further appears that William Eldredge is now on the pension list of any _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  _____ dollars per month.
John Hagner Audr
1826